A944 crash in Aberdeenshire on 31 May 2023 at 17:30 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Mitsubishi Shogun were involved in a crash on the A944 in Aberdeenshire at 17:30 on Wednesday 31 May 2023. The 19-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta and the 43-year-old male driver of the Mitsubishi Shogun were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 May 2023
- Wednesday, 17:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Mitsubishi Shogun
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.15221, longitude -2.31381, in the AB32 postcode district and within the built-up area of Westhill.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023991316865
- Council area
- Aberdeenshire
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 944
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 979
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 January 2009.
Slight
Jeep Cherokee crash on the A944 in Aberdeenshire, 21 January 2009
9 m awayRef 2009920900303
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A944 in Aberdeenshire, 29 July 1993
44 m awayRef 1993929304251
Slight
Car crash on the B979 in Aberdeenshire, 16 April 2003
44 m awayRef 2003920301234
Slight
Yamaha crash on the A944 in Aberdeenshire, 27 May 1997
44 m awayRef 1997929702660
Serious
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A944 in Aberdeenshire, 12 February 1994
44 m awayRef 1994929401598
Slight
Audi 100 crash on the A944 in Aberdeenshire, 7 December 1992
44 m awayRef 1992929207711
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Mitsubishi Shogun
Car
- Towing and articulation
- Single trailer
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,200 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mitsubishi Shogun)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2023991316865 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Aberdeenshire road accident statistics for 2023.